History Today
The Folly Fellowship
Richard Cavendish visits an organisation devoted to architectural treats.
Women, Food and Politics 1880 - 1930
'The bread and butter of life' - Martin Pugh traces how the increasing electoral importance of food and domestic issues in Britain helped to entrench women in the mainstream of political life.
The Emperor Joseph II
Sir Nicholas Henderson on a misunderstood Enlightenment ruler.
Prisoners in the English Civil War
Barbara Donagan discusses the variable treatment of captives by captors between Crown and Parliament and what light it sheds on the manners and mores of the times.
America Needs its History - Today!
Timothy Jacobson with a plea for America's 'history for all'.
Gin and Georgian London
The production of gin was actively encouraged in Britain during the Restoration period, but its increasing grip on the London poor had disastrous effects for the following century. Thomas Maples examines the gin problem and what it took to stem the flow.
Fill It In or Open It Up
Tony Aldous examines the tensions over digging and conserving in historic town centres such as Lincoln.
Garrow for the Defence
Until the late 18th century, few criminal defendants thought it worthwhile to engage a lawyer on their behalf; but in the 1780s things suddenly changed. John Beattie looks at the part William Garrow, a brilliant young defence lawyer, played in altering the course of justice.
Market Forces
Anne Hills on shutting up shop at Spitalfields.